Edward (long live the
king) is the King of England. He’s also dying, which is inconvenient, as he’s
only sixteen and he’d much rather be planning for his first kiss than
considering who will inherit his crown…

Jane (reads too many books) is Edward’s cousin,
and far more interested in books than romance. Unfortunately for Jane, Edward
has arranged to marry her off to secure the line of succession. And there’s
something a little odd about her intended…

Gifford (call him G) is a horse. That is, he’s
anEðian(eth-y-un, for the uninitiated). Every
day at dawn he becomes a noble chestnut steed—but then he wakes at dusk with a
mouthful of hay. It’s all very undignified.

The plot thickens as Edward, Jane, and G are
drawn into a dangerous conspiracy. With the fate of the kingdom at stake, our
heroes will have to engage in some conspiring of their own. But can they pull
off their plan before it’s off with their heads?

Review.

So this is quite a collection of authors !
I’ve read Unearthly by Cynthia Hand, but even though I’ve seen a lot (and own maybe
one or two books by some of them) I haven’t read anything from the other
authors. I want to.. But I haven’t gotten to it yet. Who knows, maybe in the
near furture.

Still, when I saw this one on sale at
Amazon I had to have it. I’ve seen a lot of positive reviews about it and I was
very curious what the novel was actually about. Because you never know, I might
like it ;)

Where to start? I liked almost everything about this
book!

So much FUN silliness (is that
a word?) It was just so much fun in a silly kind of way. I really like it when
the writers know they are writing something silly and are not trying to hide
it. There are some that act all serious like they’ve just written some
masterpiece instead of ANOTHER generic YA/fantasy book. Just admit it is
ridiculous and make fun of it instead ! Like this book.

And not only did they not take themselves
too serious, but they also “intervened” a couple of times, to explain certain
situations or warn us as an audience for things to come. I liked that, it kind
of breaks the story, but in a good way.

The plot was very interesting, and even
though it follows the main story line from history, it had a lot of unexpected turns
! So many secrets in and around court, not knowing who you can trust, I was hooked, and the plot kept me
interested until the end.

I also loved well, all of the characters
haha. This story was told from three POV’s.
Lady Jane herself was a great person, way ahead of her time and just a very
funny kind of girl. I loved how she always had a book in hand and read so many (informative)
books that she knew all kinds of facts. Kind Edward himself was also totally
cute and adorable. I really liked how he got more aware of things around him
and realised he did not really rule the country before, and how he wanted to do
better. He grew a lot. G was quite funny as well, and he kind of grew on me
throughout the book. He needed to grow up, and in the end he really did.

I loved their romance, the build-up was great. Not much insta-love, but they got to know each other
better and how they grew into not only accepting each other, but also falling
in love. So romantic.

And not only their romance, but also the
romance with a certain Boy king and Scottish girl was very entertaining!

And well, of course the whole Edian stuff
is pretty awesome. People who change in all kinds of animals it just great !!
And how some of them really suits their characters. I liked the twist they gave
to this story and turn it into something magical with lots of humour.

I don’t know if I really can call it a
“didn’t like”, because I kind of liked the entire book. But the only thing I
can think of was that I found jane a bit annoying in the beginning. Just
because you know a lot from books, doesn’t mean you’re better than others. Luckily
she got of that high horse (HA) soon enough.

People who are not too strict on their
history and like a laugh. I found this book hilarious and had a lot of fun
reading it. It is light-hearted and ! Most
importantly: it has a great happy ending that leaves you all happy and fluffy.

"No horse
jokes," he said.

"My lord, I apologize for the horse joke. If
you put down the book---unharmed!---I will give you a carrot."

He brandished the book at her. "Was that a
horse joke?"

"Neigh."

"Wasthat a horse joke?”

“Dearest Jane, Sorry I made you marry a horse.
Your father-in-law is trying to kill me. Send help.”

“I know I'm not inspiring much confidence at
this point, but there's something else I thought I'd bring up.” She lifted her
eyes to him. “I love you more than I love books.”